IP Library Granted Patent US 8,375,676
Granted Patent B2
US 8,375,676 · App. 12/950,135 · Granted Feb 19, 2013

Half precast slab and method for structuring half precast slab

View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,375,676
App. No.
12/950,135
Granted
Feb 19, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Providing a half precast slab even in a case where the thickness of the slab in the site condition is too thick to apply conventional precast construction techniques. A half precast slab including a plurality of floor concrete form members and, each floor concrete form member being provided with: a bottom slab of a long length, in response to the floor concrete form member; a pair of side walls installed upright along each longitudinal edge of the bottom slab, in response to the floor concrete form member; thereby, each floor concrete form member is arranged so as to be parallel to each other and be tightly connected to the adjacent floor concrete form member, along the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of each floor concrete form member; the height of the side walls other than the side walls on the most outer edge sides of the whole floor concrete form members is set at a common height that is smaller than the height of the side walls on the most outer edge sides.

Claims (16)

1. A method for structuring a slab by use of a half precast slab, said method comprising the steps of:

arranging a plurality of precast members each of which includes

a bottom part extending in a longitudinal direction,

a pair of side walls provided upright on both edges of the bottom part in parallel with each other in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction;

an upper space for receiving concrete surrounded by the bottom part and the pair of side walls,

wherein each of the side walls, other than two outermost side walls on both edges of the arranged precast members, has a height less than the two outermost side walls so that the upper spaces of the arranged precast members are in communication with each other to form a single reinforcing bar arrangement space over the arranged precast members;

connecting the arranged precast members to each other so that the side walls of two adjacent precast members are in contact with each other;

arranging reinforcing bars in the single reinforcing bar arrangement space; and

casting concrete into the single reinforcing bar arrangement space to form a composite slab comprising the concrete, the reinforcing bars, and the precast members,

wherein, in the step of connecting the arranged precast members, the arranged precast members are connected to each other by:

placing prestressing steel wires along the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction to penetrate the arranged precast members;

applying tension force to each prestressing steel wire; and

fixing each end of the prestressing steel wire with a fixing member.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the prestressing wires penetrate the precast members and extend inside the bottom parts.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising a step of removing the fixing members after the strength of the cast concrete appears.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising a step of removing the fixing members and the prestressing steel wires after the strength of the cast concrete appears.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVING PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11921683 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054975 FRAME: 0438. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 26, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063787/0867 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054975/0438 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2015
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035101/0029 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2011
From: TAKAKURA, TAKEO; TANAKA, SATORU; TANAKA, YUMI; KATO, TOSHIAKI; KITA, NAOYUKI; KAWABATA, NOBUYUKI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 025628/0147 →